In reality, black youth are arrested at a rate disproportionate to their share of the population.

This pattern is worse when you look at arrests for all offenses. In 2014, black youth in Chicago were 1.9 times more likely to be arrested than all youth in Chicago.

While black youth were almost twice as likely to be arrested citywide, the disparity was worse in certain neighborhoods. In several of them, black youth made up the smallest share of the population, but the largest share of arrests.

Hover or Tap the map to to see how the odds varied between districts, or Type your address to see the odds in your neighborhood.

Fewer arrests does not mean fairer arrests.

The number of arrests for marijuana possession has fallen since Chicago decriminalized marijuana in 2012 and Illinois followed suit in 2016.

As the number of arrests fell, however, the proportion of arrests of black youth stayed the same.